Re: [monit] About dependencies

[Scott Silva]

on 11/1/2007 6:17 PM Lars Stavholm spake the following:
> Hi all,
>
> need a bit of advice on dependencies:
>
> I've got three processes, A, B, and C. B and C depends on A
> such that A must be running for B and C to be able to run,
> and if A dies, B and C automatically looses connection and
> dies, i.e. if A is restarted, B and C need not be restarted
> (because they're already dead), but they do, however, need
> to be started. I've tried to express this using the monit
> depend statement, but it doesn't quite work.
>
> check process A
>   depends B
>   depends C
>
> Does anyone have any advice for me?
> Is the above scenario at all possible to express in monit lingo?
>
> Any input appreciated.
>
> If anyone wonders, it's a piece of client/server software
> called LCDproc, where the main process (A = LCDd) serves
> an LC display, and B and C are clients connecting to A
> to show off some status or similar on the display.
>
> Cheers
> /Lars
>
>
>
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Monitor process a and make the start command point to a shell script that 
starts the services in order.


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